George W. Bush: “Congress has failed to pass legislation that will protect middle class families from the burden of the Alternative…”

For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your President. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence—a time set apart.

The actions taken by my Administration in response to the financial crisis have laid the groundwork for a return to economic growth and job creation.

What America does for itself has made it strong--but what America does for others has made it great.

Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.